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Viper Comics

Type	Comic Book
Founded	December 2001
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas, United States
Key people	Jessie Garza, President / Publisher Jim Resnowski, Creative Director / Editor-in-Chief Jason M. Burns, Assistant Publisher
Industry	Comics industry
Products	comic books, trade paperbacks, graphic novels
Website	http://www.vipercomics.com/

Viper Comics, founded in December 2001, is an independent publisher of comic books and graphic novel trade paperbacks, based in Dallas, Texas.

History

Viper Comics was founded in December 2001 as an independent publisher in Dallas, Texas specializing in indie comics from creative teams working on projects otherwise unlikely to achieve retail distribution. Viper Comics has received critical acclaim from the independent comics community, most notably for Villains ^{[1] [2]} and Dead @ 17. More recently The Middleman and Emily Edison have been selected as 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest growing division of the American Library Association (ALA).^[3]

In June 2008 they announced the launch of Black Mamba Books, a horror imprint whose first publication would be a comic book version of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.^[4] Also in June 2008, their series of comics and graphic novels The Middleman, created by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and illustrated by Les McClaine, debuted as a television series on ABC Family June 16, 2008^[5].

Staff

Viper comics maintains a core business team of ^[6]:

• Jessie Garza, President / Publisher
• Jim Resnowski, Creative Director / Editor-in-Chief
• Dale Mettam, Productions Director

Publications

Print

The following is a list of titles published by Viper Comics: ^[7]

• A Bit Haywire
• Daisy Kutter
• Dead@17
• Dummy's Guide to Danger
• Emily Edison
• "The Expendable One"
• Karma Incorporated
• Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits^{[8] [9] [10]}
• The Lost Books of Eve
• The Middleman
• Oddly Normal
• Random Encounter
• Villains

Sasquatch ( Sasquatch Comic Anthology)

Web

The website also features several free webcomics:

• Bob the Squirrel
• Brinkerhoff
• The Horrible Pirates
• Muffin Time
• Small Wonder
• Ugly Hill
• You'll Have That

Notes

References

External links

• Viper Comics official site
• IGN page
• in Wizard Magazine
• Interview at UGO Slush Factory
• Article about Viper's critical successes at Comic Book Resources
• Interview with founder Jessie Garza at Pop Syndicate